Lighting device for kerosene stoves



June 29v 1926. 1,590,349

'R. H. DlEcKHor-'F r-:r AL,

LIGHTING DEVICE FOR KERO'SNE STOVES Filed Deo. 5, 19523 y Patented June 29, 1926.

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RUDOLPH -I-I. DIECKHOFT AND EMIL C. DIECKHGFF, V0F ILINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA; SAI'D Elf/IIL C. QDIECKHGFF ASS-IGNR T0 FRANCES DIECKHFF, 0F MINNEAPOLIS,

MINNESOTA.

LIGHTING .DEVICE FOR KEEROSENE .STDVES Application filed December 5, 1923. :Serial No. 6785601.

This invention relates to a liquid -iuel burning stove and :particular-ly tor a .kerosene stove 'for heating purposes .and a lighting device therefor. Kerosene stoves, .particular-ly stoves for cooking.pui-poses are non7 mai'iu'tactured and sold in immense numbers and are extensively used -both incities Where gas and gasoline are .available as Well as in outlying lcommunities Where gas is not available. VOne serious objection to the modern kerosene stove is that it .takes quite a While for the flame .to :reach full proportions. It also talles quite a while to light the. Wick used -on mostV of said stoves. Furthermore, suoli stoves are commonly provided with a burner in the form of a hood eXtendingfover and around Yan annu-lar Wick. This hood is raised to light 'the Wick, and When the Wick is burning with .the hood raised there is-.considerable smoke and .odor-created. This is objectionable and is one disadvantage of such .a sto-ve.

lt is an object of this invention to provide a lighting device in combination With the burner of a kerosene stove by lwhich the Wick can be quickly flighted .throughout its entire extent.

VIt is Valso an -object oil the invention to provide such a lighting device `which can be applied to .the stove to light the Wick Without yraising fthe hood, thus eliminating vthe objectionable smoke and .odor produced when the hood is'raised in the lighting yoperation.

It is a further object of the .invention to pro-vide ,a `lighting Vdevice comprising a casing adapted to lcontain alcohol or other suitablecombustible fluid, Which casing has means ior supporting the same from the oil burner, and means for dropping lighted liquid into said burner vadjacent lthe Wick.

It is .another -o'bject of the invention 4to provide such a lighting device comprising va casing having means therein for measuring off a certain lquantity oi the combustible liquid and means tor then dispensing said liquid in regulated quantities, together VWith a -means L'for dropping said 4'liquid latter the same is lighted, -said latter lmeans preferably being enclosed .by a :protecting hood.

It is .still a turther object .of the invention to providesuch a-lighting device having means ior `dropping-the .lighted liquid, which means has .thereon another .means for retaining .the liquid fand flame.

It .is also an .object of the invention .to provide .a lighting .device :suitable for different types oi' .burners and .rburners oi different sizes.

"Dhesefa'nd otherobject-sand advantages of the invention will *be fully set iforth in the lfollowing description made in connection with the accompanying drawings in which like .reference .characters Arefer ,to the .same parts throughout the different views, and in which,

Fig. l .is .a View iin side .elevation yoi' the invention showing the `saine .applied to an oil burner Which is shown in Yvertical section; Y

Fig. 2 is a `vie-.W Iin vertical section ofthe upper portion .of the `lighting device;

Fig. .3 .is 1a View in side .elevation of the lower lend of the lighting-device;

. Fig. 4 is a view in vertical `sectionof .the regulating valve element used;

Fig. 5 .is .a View ,in side elevation .of the liquid distributor; .-and f I Fig. -isza view/similar to Fig. l showing a :modiiied :form fof the .invention used with a dilerent type of sburner.

Referring to Ythe drawings, V-in Fig. l is shown one common commercial type yof burner tor aukerosene stove, .said .particular type being a Well known .commercial stove. The said burner is ill.u-strated Aas comprising an `annular "wick 1 which is vertically movable between Ia-central Wick tube 2 and an outer Wick tube -3 .an .adjustable -or regulating means (not shown). The `tube 2, at its upper end, has .an inwardly extending flange .formed vinto a .groove in the center of which .rises a perforated .cone '.4 and la central cylindrical .member .or .combustion .tube 5 lof the burner hood .rests .in :said groove at the base of :the `cone 4. .The .tube-B `.has Van outwardly extending .ledge -or Aflange -With a short vertical .lip :extending .therearound which surrounds a ishell '-.or combustion -tube 6 ialso iforminggpartof the burnerhood and which .is secured to .member ,5. The `ltube 3 is also usually provided :at .its upper -end with a plurality of spaced tabs 3a of narrow width which extend over and form stops for the top of the wick 1. It will be noted that the members 5 and 6 are flared outwardly immediately above their supporting lower ends so that they form an annular passage therebetween of greater diameter than the diameter of the wick. The outer shell 7 extends about and is secured to the shell 6. The top of the central member 5 is closed but is provided with a central aperture in its closed upper portion. The lighting device designated generally as A comprises a casing 8 illustrated aS of cylindrical form and a dispensing means or tube 9 which extends from the bottom of the casing and is oil'set and provided with a depending portion shown in Fig. 1 as disposed in the passage between members 5 and 6. The lower end of the tube 9 is interiorly threaded and adapted to receive therein the upper threaded end of a stem 10, which threaded end is flattened at one side, as shown at 10a, so that the same can be screwed more or less into the end oi' said tube to form a regulating` means for the outlet of the fiuid. The lower end of said tube is also provided with a pin 11 and a hood member 12 ot' thin sheet metal and of' open-ended flaring form, at its lower end, has a bayonet joint groove 12a formed therein adapted to co-operate with the pin 11. The said hood 12, at its upper end, lits around the tube 9 and is thus detachably held thereon by means of said bayonet joint. The said-hood is preferably provid ed at opposite sides thereof with suitable openings 12b. The stem 10 forms a distributing or dropping member for lighted fuel and the same is provided with means for retaining liquid and lighted liquid thereon, comprising a member 13 preferably formed of fine wire gauze wadded or pressed about the stem 10 s0 as frictionally to be held thereon. The casing 8 is shown as having a sleeve 14 projecting centrally and upwardly therein which forms, with the wall of said casing, an annular chamber. Said sleeve 14- is open at its upper end and receives a sleeve 15 preferably ot soft yielding material, which sleeve has a flaring uj per end. The top of casing 8 is provided with a removable screw cap 16 having suitable closing gasket 17 to which top is secured a hollow member 18 forming a receptacle having a tapering curved lower end adapted to fit closely in the upper end of sleeve 15. The member 18 is provided with a plurality of apertures 18a at its upper portion and has an aperture at its lower portion normally closed by a gasket washer carried on a shoulder 19a formed on an alining stem 19. The stem 19 projects through the member 18, cap 16 andan exteriorly threaded projection 16a on the latter as well as through a packing shell 2O threaded on said projection 16a, and said stem is provided with spaced holes 19h extending into the interior thereof. Said stem is closed at its upper end and provided with a suitable knurled operating head or knob 22. Suitable packing material is inserted in the shell 2O above projection 16a to prevent a leakage of liquid in casing 8 around the stem 19. The stem 19 is normally elevated and the opening in the bottom or" receptacle 18 normally closed by the coiled compression spring 21 disposed between members 20 and 22 and surrounding the stem 19.'

The burners or hoods comprising the members 5, 6 and 7 are made, usually of two different sizes and the casing Sis thus provided with a supporting means comprising a rod 23 having a threaded lower end receiving a rusto-conical plug 24 adapted t0 seat in the opening in the top of member 5. Said rod is provided with a coiled or helical portion 25, the axis of which is offset from the axis of its lower end and therod is then bent up along the side of casing 8. The rod 23 can thus be rotated through 180 degrees t0 increase the distance between the center of its lower end and the center of the depending lower end of tube 9 so that theY support can be used with either a large or a small burner. Y Y

ln operation, the lighting device A' will contain some suitable combustible liquid, preferably alcohol, in its casing 8. Zhen the stove is to be lighted, the lighting'device will be grasped and held in a-n inverted position. The liquid will then run into and fill the receptacle 18. The device is now held with the hood 12 downward and the knob or head 22 is pressed downwardly with the thumb or linger and the alcohol runs from the receptacle 18 into tube 9 and issues in a small quantity from the end of said tube onto the stem 10. The liquid encounters and covers the gauze 13. A match is now applied to the alcohol and the lighting device is placed on the burner, as shown in Fig. 1. The alcohol from the receptacle 18 has now all been discharged in the lsleeve 14 and will continue to run down onto the stem 10 and to drop therefrom. from the end of the stem 10 are ignited and, owing to the gauze 13, a quantity of liquid is retained on the stem 10 in ignited condition. The lighting device is now rotated about its supporting member 24 so that its lower end swings around in t-he passage between members 5 and 6. Flame is thus dropped onto or adjacent the wick at practically all points thereof so that the wick is practically instantaneously lighted. The burning alcohol quickly heats ythe wick and adjacent parts so that the maximum flame of the burner is speedily attained. In the ordinary way of lighting the burner, a match is applied at one or two places about the wick The drops which fallA 'the naine crawls very slowly :around 'the wick, vbeing impeded 'at each of tlie'stop .niembeis The liaine'dces not -pass .beyond each stop .member 'until fsa'id member has 'become considerably heated.. .Even after Vthe llame ihas tllrus slowly 'traversed around the wick it is va 4considerable 'time @until fthe :llame reaches its full proportions. The parts about 'the wick /rnust 'be considerably heated so as to hasten the vaporization of fthe fuel. YVhe'n the lighting device is Aused las abo-ve stated, this heating is quickly accomplished vby the burning alcohol dropped upon "the Aparts so that `the full iianie :is rapidly at# tei-ined. lt will be noted that when knob 22 'is depressed., air can reach the :inside lot rthe receptacle :1S "to allow `the 'liquid to flow therefrom by passing through the lholes 19?. 4It is necessary fto protect the lower end of tube 9 troni 'being heated, for .it this ltube becomes heated, the. alcohol will cease lto flow out or' the same las `a liquid but will 'be vaporized fand will blow out o't the tube so that it will be impossible to have the free and ignited drops tall 'trom `the stem 10. To prevent such heatingotthe end of the tube, Athe hood 1,2 is provided and said hood `is ipro vided with the holes 12b orfthe admissionfot air to support 'the combustion of 'the alcohol. `The lighting Vdevice can readily 'be removed and the same can readily be filled by taking otl' the cap S16. VVhen 'once iilled, enough liquid will 'be 'contained itherein tor a vlarge `number Yot Ylightings Sand the amount of liquid charge taken :into the receptacle 18 in each 'lighting is just about sufficient to eiiciently Alight :the wick. As :above stated, it is the common .practice to :have two sizes of burners and when the larger size 1is=used the supporting rod 23 will be rotated through substantially 18@ degrees so that the lighting device will then litthe larger burner.

` The amount io'tstlow "ot the alcohol 'from the sleeve 14. can be Snicely and veryqaccurately Y and Ifinely regulated by screwing 'the stem 4k1() in or out ci' the lower eind of tube 9. lThe member 13 can, it desired, 'be disposed at various points along the stem '10.

It will, of course, be seen that only vthe alcohol which was taken into the receptacle 18 will run in 'the tube 159 and lbe discharged in the lighting operation. When such amount has been discharged nomore alcohol` will :have a stem similar to :the stem 10 tscrewed therein with a part :similar to the .pant A13 thereon. The said tube will also have a hood 81 secured thereto by the fusua'l bayonetvjoint, which hloo'd .is Aquitesii-uilar to hood 112, l'the vhood 31, however, having its laring open end disposed somewhat inclined -to the @axis :of the .'hood. 'The tube 3() .is foi' Vsuch 'length end 'the stem 3Q similar to :the *stem il) is'so arranged thatth'elighted .drops `of alcohol will drop vertically through fthe ,passage between members 26 and?? ontothe i wick 1.. The wick willthus be lighted lin the rsame manner as the wick 1in Fig. `1, already described, it being understood that fthe lighting device :is rotatable about the supporting member .33. As 'the wick 1 .is lighted there is `quite Aa current 'of :gars up through the passage between members .26 and:27,ja large part of which will not sup- `portcombustion and which would tend'to extinguish fthe 'lighted .liquid kon .the .stem 32 'and 'the gauze thereon.. The. v'hood '3l thus protects the 'flame from being extinguished by -lthis draft and the holes in =the lhood admit vairto sustain 'the combustion. .The hood 31 also, like .thefhood 12 protects the end kof tube :30 from beingheated. flt will thus be seen that :the `operation fof 'the device `shown ibn Fig.6 lis quite I:similar to 'that :shown in l i0'. .=1.

VFrom the above description it is seen that Lil() applicant has 'provided an #extremely simple and very etlicient lighting device for a Ykerose'ne stove .and a device which will have .a high degree 'of utility. The stove is fquickly lighted and `the y'flame quickly brought to its makimumintensity. `W1ith V'theordi-nary commercial stove, and v-withthe usual 'method of lighting the 'wick by a fniatch, vit .takes .from seven -to ifteen minutes for the wick to become Vcompletely 4lighted and for the flame to vobtain its maximum proportions.. With the lighting device, the lighting of 'the wick is done almost instantaneously and the liame reaches its full proportions in about four minutes, or less. Furthermore, the lighting is all done without removing the burner hood so that there is no smoking of the wick and no generation of objectionable odors. The lighting device is easily and quickly operatedand is entirely sate. The device is applicable to practically all standard makes of kerosene stoves, commercially made lat the present time. The lighting device is quite simple and inexpensive and can be quite easlly and inexpensively made. The

device has been amply demonstrated in actual practice and found to be very successful for the purposes intended.

It Will, of course, be understood, that various changes may be made in the form, details, arrangement and proportions of the parts Without departing from the scope of applicants invention, which, generally stated, consists in a device capable of carrying out the objects above stated, such as shown and described and set forth in the appended claims.

What is claimed is:

l. In combination With a burner having a Wick, a lighting device supported by and movable on said burner, and having a lightv ing portion movable above said Wick in a path substantially vertically alined with the top surface of said Wick to light the same.

2. In combination With a burner having a central cylindrical portion and a Wick surrounding` said central portion, a lighting device supported on said central portion and rotatable about the central axis thereof and having a lighting means movable over the exposed surface of said Wick in a path conforming to the top of said exposed portion.

3. The combination with a burner having a combustion tube, a tube surrounding the same forming an annular passage, and inner and outer yviclr` tubes forming an annular passage vertically alined With the bottom of said first mentioned passage and adapted to receive a Wick, of a lighting device supported on said first mentioned combustion tube and having a lighting portion disposed in said iirst mentioned passage and rei-oluble to travel therein above said Wick.

4. The combination With a burner adapted to carry a Wick therein, of a lighting device comprising a casing, means thereon for supporting the same from the top of a burner for rotating movement thereon, a tube connected to said casing and depending above the Wick of said burner, and means at the end of said tube for dropping` ignited liquid into said burner to ignite said wick.

5. A lighting device for an oil burner having in combination, a casing adapted to contain a combustible liquid, a dispensing means depending from said casing, means connected to said dispensing means for dropping ignited liquid therefrom, means on said latter means for retaining ignited fuel thereon, and means for protecting said latter means and preventing heating of said dispensing means.

6. A lighting device for an oil burner comprising a casing adapted to contain a combustible liquid, a dispensing nozzle secured to said casing, a stem secured to said nozzle, a fuel and flame retaining means on said stem, and a hood secured to said nozzle and surrounding said stem.

7. The combination with an oil burner of a lighting device having in combination, a casing, means for supporting the same from said oil burner for rotating movement thereon, dispensing means connected to said casing depending at one side of said burner for dropping lighted fuel into said burner, said supporting means being eccentric to said casing and being rotatable relatively thereto, whereby said dispensing means can be positioned at different radial distances from the central aXis of said casing.

8. The combination with an oil burner having a Wick, of a lighting device movable relatively to said burner and having supporting means adapted to be supported on said burner, and means for dropping ignited liquid into said burner onto said Wick to ignite said Wick.

9. The combination with an oil burner having a Wick, of a lighting device supported on said burner and movable relatively thereto comprising a casing adapted to contain a combustible liquid, a manually operated means for controlling the discharge of said liquid, and means for dropping ignited portions of said liquid into said burner on to said Wick to ignite said Wick.

l0. The combination with an oil burner having an annular Wick, of a lighting device supported by and movable on said burner, said lighting device having a depending portion movable in a path substantially vertically alined with said Wick and adapted to light the same.

In testimony whereof We afIiX our signatures.

EMIL C. DIECKHOFF. RUDOLPH H. DIECKHOFF. 

